There is a sharpness tool in the Detail tab of PS RAW window, but whenever I use it, it seems to do absolutely nothing. Is this just an adobe gimmick, or am I using it wrong somehow?? Unsharp mask is the one I generally resort to but it would be useful to be able to do it in the RAW window. Any thoughts? On 2/11/06 02:04, "David Dyer-Bennet" <dd-b@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/1/06, Emily L. Ferguson <elf@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Interesting about trying to standardize on sharpening settings. >> Using that premise it seems to me that one must expect all ones >> captures to be tack sharp before processing? >> >> I aim to not have to apply any sharpening as a start. If I'm so >> attached to an image that I can't accept that it's not sharp enough, >> then I grit my teeth and apply sharpening - as little as I can get >> away with. >> >> The last time I sharpened, the radius was .08 and the threshold was >> as low as Unsharp Mask permitted. >> >> Now, it's quite clear that jpegs for web use do require sharpening. >> For that at least 50% works fine. >> >> But to me every image is a unique situation. Percentage just can't >> be standardized in my view. > > My position is that every digital image requires sharpening before > use, at some stage -- maybe just in camera or in the scanner software. > > I very much agree that for anything beyond proofs and snapshots, you > need to look at individual images and make choices. Still, seeing the > starting points people think of as "normal' for different kinds (print > of various sizes, web) of images is very interesting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Jonathan Turner Photographer e: home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx t: 0113 217 1275 m:07796 470573 9 Oak Road, Leeds, LS7 3JU http://www.jonathan-turner.com
